Objectives

The Armenian Church Trust of the United Kingdom (ACT-UK) aims to build a solid financial foundation for the Armenian Church in the United Kingdom enabling the church to reach out to the Armenian people and to help them meet the demands and challenges of their contemporary life in the United Kingdom. ACT-UK will help the church be actively relevant in the life of the Armenian families, through the funding of professional outreach activities, pastoral and social services, educational programmes, youth activities and other ministries.

The ACT-UK is registered as a charity at the Charity Commission for England and Wales, under the direct supervision of the Primate of the Armenian Church in the UK. ACT-UK will work closely with all other charities and organizations that support the operation of the Armenian Church in the UK.

The Armenian Church throughout her history has strived to develop her beautiful worship traditions and various programmes to invite Armenians into this inspiring, unifying and nurturing fellowship, wherever in the world they may be. In order to continue doing the same today for the Armenians in the United Kingdom, the Armenian Church here needs to develop contemporary activities and programmes (educational, spiritual, social and cultural), to meet the challenges of our society today in reaching out to every layer of the Armenian community and bringing them into the Armenian Christian fellowship. This kind of dynamic understanding of the function of the church in our lives today, however, requires human resources, materials, and access to technology, all of which need to be funded. ACT-UK hopes to be able to raise enough funds through the years to secure an endowment that is capable of generating annual income to meet the financial needs of the various church programmes and relevant services (see below). After all, every generation of Armenians receives the church as a gift from the previous generation, and has the sacred duty of nurturing and strengthening her to be able to reach out and serve the next generation of Armenians.